Alayemi Surname
Approximately 345 people bear this surname
Alayemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 334 | 1:530,368 | 26,081 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Alayemi (14) may also be a first name.
Alayemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alayemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alayemi is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alayemi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Alayemi is the 809,613th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 21,123,321 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Alayemi live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most widely held first name worldwide, held by 14 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 334 people, or 1 in 530,368. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Osun, where 44 percent live, Oyo, where 19 percent live and Lagos, where 13 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Alayemi
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